Entries by Ming Tang

Historic Avondale in VR

March 4, 2026 in , /by

Virtual Reality Development for Historic Avondale and Digital Heritage  Principal Investigator (PI):  Anne Delano Steinert, Co-PI: Ming Tang. ($14,000 allocation to DAAP) Society and Culture Grant, UC Research Office.  2026. University of Cincinnati. Timeline: 1/13/2026-07/01/2026  Project Overview The Historic Avondale Digital Heritage Project aims to create an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) reconstruction of Cincinnati’s historic Avondale neighborhood, focusing on cultural heritage preservation […]

ASTRO Award

February 4, 2026 in /by

Congratulations to XR-Lab Fellow Aayush Kumar on being awarded the 2026 Armstrong ASTRO Fellowship for the Discovery Program by the University of Cincinnati Office of Research.   This fellowship provides $6,000 in support for Aayush Kumar’s project, INARA (Intelligent Navigation and Autonomous Response Agent). The project explores innovative approaches to autonomous navigation through a hybrid […]

AI symposium, Bearcat AI Award

January 26, 2026 in , /by

AI & Emerging Technology Symposium, UC Bearcat AI Award,   Presentation at the UC 2026 AI & Emerging Technology Symposium on 02/18/2026 at UC TUC Center. AI-Based Spatial Computing with BIM: Performance, Sustainability, and Wayfinding on the UC Campus This project introduces an AI-enhanced spatial computing framework that integrates building-scale digital twins with intelligent autonomous navigation. Using […]

THRED

January 16, 2026 in , /by

Technology for Health, Resilience, Equity , and Decision-Making  Team: A&S: Kelly Merrill, Lauren Forbes, Briana Simms, Paris Wheeler, Diego Cuadros, DAAP: Ming Tang Funding: Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training. CCTST. Pilot Grant. $50,000. PI. Merrill, Forbes,  Co-I. Tang, Cuadros, Simms, Wheeler. 2026. University of Cincinnati. Project Aims:  Aim 1: Co-design a set of digital data governance policies that reflect […]

Metaverse: Gen-AI + WebXR

November 25, 2025 in , /by

Two UC teams won the second and third place and cash awards of Viverse Spark Global University Challenge ! Metaverse through Web XR, Socical Expereince Category Awards: 2nd  Place, $2,500.  – Restaurant world, University of Cincinnati. Camryn Lansdell, Liv Adkins, Bekah Selent, Morgan Pascarella.  3rd Place, $1,500 – OTR 12th and Vine, University of Cincinnati. Eian Bennett, David David, Corban McIntosh, Dharma Patel, Erik […]